Starship Pegasus
Platform: TI-99/4A
Region: USA
Media: Cartridge
Controller: Joystick
Genre: Shoot 'em Up - Arcade - Sci-Fi
Gametype: Licensed
Release Year: 1984
Developer: Milton Bradley Co.
Publisher: Texas Instruments
Players: 1
Programmer: Steve Zello
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Alert! Enemy spacecrafts are approaching from every direction! Help defend the Starship Pegasus from destruction so it can safely deliver top secret battle plans to its home planet Zinthea. Failure to do so will allow the galaxy to fall under the evil rule of Lord Zarlop. The future of outer space is in your hands!

Trivia:

This game is a clone of the arcade game Space Zap (Bally Midway, 1980).

Up to 4 players can play this game, though not simultaneously (at least not on a TI system without an MBX device). It is unknown if Milton Bradley was planning on releasing a 4 way joystick adapter to allow for all 4 players to play at once, since there were rumors that MB was developing add-ons for the MBX system (such as a foodpad). It would not be surprising if this game was meant to take advantage of a certain expansion, since it is the only game from any company on the TI to allow 4 players to compete. In addition there are 4 directions that the ship can shoot in, making it possible for 4 players to all participate at the same time. However, this is all speculation, as playing it on a TI without an MBX system only allows for one player at a time to play.

This game can be used with Milton Bradley's MBX System (an add-on for the TI-99/4A). The MBX allowed for the use of Voice Recognition, improved Speech Synthesis, a 360° Analog Joystick, and an Action-Input Keypad for video games designed for it.
